No God No! Say it Ain’t So!

Bose is a well respected player in the professional and consumer audio world and is SO much better than Clarion to take the reigns here. I have trust that they will help maintain (or build) the McIntosh brand and keep the quality levels up.

It’s a sad day.  It’s as absurd as appointing Dr. Oz to an important Cabinet position.

Oh wait, did those two things happen in the same week?

I was attempting to explain the significance of this event to my wife.  I told her that it was like KMart acquiring Norman Marcus 

@mahler123, or choosing an all-star wrestling shill to head the Dept. of Education. Can you imagine?

certainly bose will eliminate redundant admin and shipping positions at mcintosh, but i seriously doubt they would interfere with the design/engineering side. by all accounts, d&m left mcintosh alone when they acquired it in 2003 and kept their tech separate from denon/marantz. that said, i'm pretty sure bose will use this as a way to get further entrenched in car audio--the luxury car forums are full of folks complaining about their bose systems, and this seems like a smart way for bose to get some high end cred. i'm not sure how much this will help the value of mcintosh's legacy products, however....